Lap-by-lap report: can Lewis Hamilton take advantage of his pole position and win at Suzuka? Find out with Adam Woolcock
Ferrari are already working on a mechanical issue with Vettel’s car. They’ve had the engine cover off to work on a spark plug, and for the second week in a row think they’ve fixed the issue. Let’s hope he has more success getting to the grid than Raikkonen in Malaysia.
Defending champion Nico Rosberg is holding a microphone in pit lane, but we’re not short of previous winners in Japan. Vettel’s done it four times, Hamilton three and Alonso twice.
Either that or he’s casting a spell on somebody.
It’s a warm day at Suzuka, and we’re about 15 minutes from lights out and race start.
You never know, enough retirements in the race and he might nick a point.
I don’t suppose we can come to Suzuka and talk about an F1 title race without the obligatory viewing of Senna vs Prost in 1990.
Pit lane is open and cars on the track.
An interesting stat on the television coverage, no team has ever won a race at Suzuka from the second row of the grid.
